Work-support.



W. C. MEYER. WORK SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1909.

Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

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W, G. MEYER. WORK APPLICATION FILED szpwfzz, 1909.

SUPPORT.

P atented Feb. 21, 1911.

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WILLIAM c. MEYER, or nosron, MASSACHUSETTS, nssicnon T0 UNITED snon MA.- GHINERY coivirAnr, or PATERSON, NEW vannsnv, A CORPORATION or new JERSEY.

WORK-SUPPORT.

Specification o f Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

' Qriginal application filed NovemberT, 1906, Serial No. 342,328. Divided and this application filed Septem- 7 her 22, 1909. Serial No. 519,022.

To all it may concern:

Be'it known that I, WILLIAM C; MEYER, a

if'citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in ork-Supports, of which the following description, in connection with ltheaocompanyingdrawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to work supports for shoe machines, and more particularly to means for separating a work support from the operating tool topermit insertion and removal of the work.

The invention is shown as applied to the sole channeling machine of my co-pending application, Ser. No. 342,328, filed November 7 1906, from which the present application has been divided, but the invention is not limited in its use to the type of machine illustrated.

'Owing to the nature of the operations performed by many shoe machines it is desirable, if not; essential, in these machines that thej 'workbe supported in working re lation the'tool by the machine, instead of by the operator as inman'y-other shoe machines. The shape of the shoe, or of the particular part being operated on, renders the work inconvenient for ready insertion. 1n, or removal from, worklng position Wltllout a separation of T the. support and tool. Ordinarilythe worksupport is moved away from the tool as generally this portion of the machine is so designed that it can readily, be mounted for movement, which is not true, ordinarily, of the tool. The principal object of the preesnt invention is to provide, in a shoe machine employing a worksupport, an improved mechanism for moving the Work support away from the tool to permit the operator to remove completed work and insert new work in vivorking position relative to the operating too Another object of the invention is to provide improved operating devices for moymg. a work support,.in the manner described, which .will hold the support unyieldingly in working position during the operation of the machine, or until removed from workposition.

In accordance with these'objects, the present invention contemplates the provision of a work support mounted to slide in a suitable stationary guideway toward and from the operating tool, and operating devices, comprising toggle means and controlling devices therefor, normally holding the support in working position, but constructed and arranged to permit a removal from working position either during the operation of the tool on the work or after the completion of its operation. Preferably the movement of the support to separate it from the tool is under control of the operator while the return movement is accomplished automatically. The invention, however, as defined by the claims is not limited to this form of control but is of suflicient breadth toinclude an automatic control of the movement in both directions;

To the accomplishment of the objects of the invention above referred to, the invention comprises the features and combinations of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. The preferred form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichf Figure l is a front elevation of the work support and its operating devices shown as applied to the sole channeling machine of my co-pending application hereinbefore referred to; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3 is a Section in elevation on line 3--3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 4 is a section, in plan, on the line 4 4: of 'Fig. 2. V V

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the head H (Fig. l) of the chart neling machine, with its attachments and the operating mechanism therefor, is the same asisvillustrated and described in my co-pending application hereinbefore referred to. These parts are merely illustrative of one type of machine to which the present invention may be applied and,.therefore, need not be described herein. 1

Referring now more particularly to Fig. 3, for the purpose of a sole channeling machine, the portion of the support which engages the work consists of a slightly convex -circular table35 mounted upon a stem 36 carried in a vertical slide 37. As illustrated, the table is mounted for rotation by means connecting rod R- all as illustrated and described in my co-pending application hereinbefore referred to. Forthe purpose of operating upon a sole the stem of the table 35 isslightly inclined outwardly. The slide 37 is mounted for movement toward and from the operating tool in a guideway formed by a clamp bracket 38 (Fig. 2) extending from the machine frame F. At its lower end the slide 37 is provided with a removable collar 34 (Fig. 4:) on which is pivoted a bell-crank lever (Fig. 1) having a depending arm 39 and a norn1ally,'substantially horizontal arm 40. The depending arm of the bell-crank lever has pivoted thereto the lower end of a link l theupper end of which is pivoted to the bracket 38 at a point vertically above the pivot of the bell-crank lever. A spring 42 connected at one end to the link 41 and at its other end to a pin on the bracket 38 tends to maintain the link 41 in its vertical position, and the lower end of the bell-crank arn1'39 is held in alinement with the pivots of the bellcrank and link by the engagement of a suitably proportioned boss (Fig. l), on the upper side of the arm 40, with a stop 43 on the bracket 38. When the parts are in this position the work table is raised to working position and is held unyieldingly in such position owing to the fact that the parts 39 and 41 form a toggle which at this time is straightened and so located as to prevent vertical movement of the stem 37 The toggle may be broken and the work sup ort lowered by an angular movement of the ink or bell-crank.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention this is effected by depressing a treadle (not shown) connected to a treadle rod 44 (Fig. 1) attached to the bell-crank lever arm 40. A very light pressure applied to the outer end of the arm 40 will move the bell-crank bodily about its connection to the lower end of the link tl as a pivot, the link at this time swinging to the left in Fig. 1 about its upper end as a pivot thus breaking the toggle. A separation of the work support and operating ,tool is thus easily efiected permitting ready insertion of the work in, or its removal from, operating position. Suclra control of the work support moving mechanismpermits its separation. from the operating .tool during the operation of the machine, if this becomes necessary, as well as after the completion of the operation on the particular work in the machine. After new work has been placed on the table 35, the treadle, or other,

controlling device, is released and the spring raises the work support and workinto operative position relative to the tool. Rotation of the slide 37, as it is moved vertically in the work support, substantially as the bracket 38, is prevented by means of a vertical pin 45 (Figs. 2 and 3), in the ma. chine frame F, passing loosely through a hole in a lug=l6 extending from the slide at its rear side.

)Vhile the particulars described are well suited to. one mechanical form of the invention, it is not to be understood that these particulars are essential since they may be variously modified within the skill of the "to straighten the toggle to raise the work support, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a stationary frame and a work support vertically movable relatively thereto, of a lever arm pivoted to one of said parts, a second lever arm pivoted to the other of said parts extending .in the direction of and beyond the. pivot of the first lever arm, a pivotal connection between the free ends of said lever arms, means for maintaining the two pivots and pivotal connection in alinement when thework support is raised, and means operating on one of said lever arms to break the alinement and lower the work support, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a work support and a bracket in'which said support is vertically movable, of a bell-crank lever pivoted on the support, alink connecting one arm of the bell-crank lever to the bracket, means for moving the other arm of the bellcrank lever to lower the work support, and a device opposing said means actin to raise described.

4'. The combination with a work support mounted to slide in a vertical guideway, of

a bell-crank lever pivt ed on the slide having a horizontal arm and a depending arm, a

vertically arranged link connected at its lower end to the depending arm, and at its upper end to the guideway, and means for holding the depending arm and link in alinement to maintain the work support in raised. position, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a vertically movable work support, of means for lowering and raising the work support comprising a toggle of which one arm is inverted and forms part of a bell-crank lever pivotally connected with the work sup ort, the other arm of the lever being manua ly operable to actuate the work support, substantially as,

described.

6. The conibination with .a work support mounted on a vertical slide-0fa bell-crank lever pivoted to the slide and having a horizontalnrm and a depending arm, a vertical 1 link pivoted at itslower end to the dependmzilly substantlally in line with the depend ing arm of the lever, substantially as de 10 scribed.

In testimony whereof I have Signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM G. MEYER.

Witnesses:

-.WARREN G. OGDEN, RUTH A. SIMONDs. 

